Category: Tutorials

Here is a fun DIY costume that is super easy to throw together (((last minute even))) and perfect for Halloween!

It’s Darla that scary girl who unintentionally kills FISH! She is the first female Pixar villain and so underrated that we thought we would shine the spotlight on her this ghoulish season.

Everything you need for this costume can be found around the house.

Materials needed:

*purple shirt*blue, pink, and gold glitter*fabric glue *Elmer’s glue

*plaid skirt or denim shorts (we improvised and used denim shorts)

*print out of “Rock n Roll Girl” graphic on cardstock

*brown metallic eyeliner*gray or white pipe cleaner

*two pigtail holders * two bobby pins*knee high socks*plastic fish

*Ziploc bags*clear hair gel and water*scissors

First things first:

The shirt: Cut out the Rock n Roll Girl print following the black bold lines to keep the shape of the graphic. Glue glitter with the Elmer’s glue onto the letters for that added sparkle. Blue glitter on Rock and Roll, pink glitter on the letter n and Girl, and gold glitter on the star. When this dries glue the graphic onto the shirt using the fabric glue. Make sure to place a piece of cardboard inside the shirt to keep from gluing the fabric together. Place a heavy book over the graphic to keep it flat while drying.

The fish in the bag: Drop your plastic fishy into the Ziploc bag. Fill a quarter of the bag with hair gel and top off with tap water. Just a little over a quarter, not too much water because you will need to tie the bag shut. The hair gel makes the water look under the sea bubbly.

The hair and makeup: Darla hair is easy. Make two pigtails and secure. Darla is a young girl and she doesn’t wear makeup; use the metallic brown eyeliner to add freckles on your nose and just under the eyes. She has lots of freckles! Shape the pipe cleaner and position around the mouth like headgear. Tuck the ends of the pipe cleaner behind ears and secure with bobby pins.

Star Wars Lightsaber from a pool noodle!!! This is a fun DIY that is perfect for the lil Jedi in your life!

All you need for this DIY project:

pool noodle

electrical tape

duck tape

You can find all materials at the Dollar Tree. To make a double sided lightsaber just place two stripes of the gray duck tape in the center of the noodle. Make stripes and buttons using the black electrical tape. Smaller lightsabers can be made by cutting the noodle in half and placing the duck tape and electrical tape on one end of noodle.

Now get ready for hours of fun as you and your child engage in the ultimate galactic battle! Perfect fun for a Star Wars party theme for all ages!

It’s Seuss Day!!!! We had a lot of fun putting this look together! We had a shirt from a Penguin play that was perfect for this Cat in the Hat look. We paired it with a pair of black shorts and knee high black socks. For the hat, we took red felt and glued on white paper for the stripes. We rounded the felt and glued the edges together making a pipe hat. Once dried, we stuffed the center of the pipe hat with tissue paper and secured it to a white paper plate. We punched two holes on either side and attached stretch cord. Using white and black face paint to create the Cat look we magically transformed this adorable child into the Cat in the Hat!

Have you noticed a new Christmas fashion emerging in retail stores? The Ugly Christmas Sweater is a new trend that can end up costing you a pretty penny. My daughter found one online for $75! I am going to show you how you can make one for almost nothing by using what you already own. Not only will it be unique and in a class of it’s own, but you will have a blast making it!

Jammed out to our favorite Christmas carols and giggled as we 3 dimensionally designed our sweater. Our sweater is actually a long sleeve shirt with sweater like arms. It has a pink cheerleader image on the front, which was easily covered with our Christmas Trim. Using hot glue and E 6000 we secured the stocking, fake snow, and ornaments in place.

My daughter designed her “Ugly” Christmas Sweater for a contest at school. She was feeling very confident and very proud of her creation.

Check out the storybook pumpkins my amazing kiddos created this year! This is such a super fun idea and best of all very lil to no mess! We use fake pumpkins that can be purchased at your local craft store so we can keep them for decoration the following year.

Maleficent Pumpkin:

Natural colored pumpkin

Paint: green, purple, black, red, pink, and yellow

Black pipe cleaners for horns

E6000 for gluing horns to pumpkin

Black felt for collar

Bad Kitty Pumpkin:

Black pumpkin

Yellow wiggly eyes

Black pipe cleaner for tail

E6000 for gluing tail and felt pieces to pumpkin

Felt: pink, black, and red for facial features

Black sharpie for mouth lines

I would love to see your Storybook Pumpkin creation, please share below or post on social media using #spookilypumpkin and #thecutecountrychick